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Welcome to the discussion thread for Ore no Imouto (Season Two), Episode 14-16.

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And thus is the groundwork for where the Oreimo 2 specials start. Kuroneko’s story arc in the OVA’s needs the context of what happened in season two to make it any bit of meaningful. Unfortunately, rushed as Kuroneko’s story arc was, the bad writing carryover to the OVA’s makes it difficult to care for what happens to her at this point. But the Oreimo 2 specials’ problems don’t stop there as while the OVA’s open with a kiss from Ayase to Kyousuke, it doesn’t follow up with her. This is despite the amount of screentime season two gave her and it’s further exacerbated by how Manami and Kanako managed to get their own finality with Kyousuke. Yes, the irrelevant childhood friend and the barely there cosplay idol managed to get the screentime Ayase should have had.

Spoiler for Episodes 14-16:

I have to admit that I was a bit surprised by this comment because I thought it was clear that these weren't really "specials", they're just the last three episodes of the show that couldn't be aired on TV due to time-constraints (a season is only 13 weeks). So the fact that it requires you to have followed what happened in the TV series to follow these last episodes was expected to me: these are episodes 14-16, not off-to-the-side OVA episodes. As such, the brief flashback to Ayase and the resolution for Kuroneko are to close the existing plot points, and the issue with Ayase was already basically closed in Episode 12, which is why it wasn't further "followed-up upon" here. This is also why Manami and Kanako get closure here, because it wasn't given in the previous TV episodes. If you take the last 5 episodes on a whole, they basically resolve all the open plot points remaining in the story, and when you view it in that context, Ayase actually got more closure in her episode than some of the other characters did, despite going first.

I have to admit that I was a bit surprised by this comment because I thought it was clear that these weren't really "specials", they're just the last three episodes of the show that couldn't be aired on TV due to time-constraints (a season is only 13 weeks). So the fact that it requires you to have followed what happened in the TV series to follow these last episodes was expected to me: these are episodes 14-16, not off-to-the-side OVA episodes. As such, the brief flashback to Ayase and the resolution for Kuroneko are to close the existing plot points, and the issue with Ayase was already basically closed in Episode 12, which is why it wasn't further "followed-up upon" here. This is also why Manami and Kanako get closure here, because it wasn't given in the previous TV episodes. If you take the last 5 episodes on a whole, they basically resolve all the open plot points remaining in the story, and when you view it in that context, Ayase actually got more closure in her episode than some of the other characters did, despite going first.

Spoiler for episodes 14-16:

Looking back on it, yeah, I forgot about the closure Ayase gets. Though now the point becomes why do these episodes go back to her when her story is already done? But that also means Manami and Kanako aren't wasted time. So the only problem left here is that and Kuroneko.

Looking back on it, yeah, I forgot about the closure Ayase gets. Though now the point becomes why do these episodes go back to her when her story is already done? But that also means Manami and Kanako aren't wasted time. So the only problem left here is that and Kuroneko.

Spoiler for Episode 14:

I think it's to set the timeframe, because Episode 13 was a flashback told from Kirino's perspective, so you need to know the context in Kyousuke's mind that propels him to the next step. If this were continuing directly from Episode 12 and was airing on TV, I think they wouldn't have needed it. It's sort of like "last time, on OreImo"...

Oh my god. I knew that the scene with Kuroneko would be short, but this short... I mean, I barely have enough time to feel emo
OTOH...Such happy tear

Spoiler for Hide:

Yeah, it felt slightly fast. The entire episode was a little bit fast-paced for my likings. But still okay, not as bad as Episode 12 with Ayase felt.

I must say I'm surprised they moved the Kanako scene to the day after, with Kyousuke leaving Kirino, Saori and Kuroneko for a moment. But okay, as they didn't introduce Sakurai they had to do something, lest it became somewhat fragmented. Kanako was funny as usual.

By the way, seeing Saori talk in that Bajeena-mode while wearing normal clothes is kind of funny.

Just finished Episode 15, the bed scene was funny how Kirino sprang to life. But it would have been better, if they had included a choice menu like the one from Episode 3 of the first season, like described in the LN.

EDIT: I don't like the fact that they cut the Mikagami conversation. In my opinion this conversation is pretty helpful in understanding the ending.

In general I would say that I liked the three episodes. However, episodes 15 and 16 (particularly 15) were difficult as anime because they contained a lot of talking, and the directors/storyboard artists couldn't really come up with very interesting ways of covering it all up. As a result, some of the scenes seemed to drag on longer than I would have liked, and other scenes didn't seem to be emphasized enough (because basically they don't contain as much story-critical dialogue). Particularly, Kirino's audio messages were very important, but I found it a bit hard to follow in the anime because they kept cutting to random stills that mean little (and the fact they were just stills made it even more distracting to me). I think Episode 14 fared better because it had a more action-driven plot, so it worked really well as anime. Episode 16 was about half-and-half -- I thought the first part at school dragged a bit, but the rest was pretty good.

All in all, I think it probably needs a rewatch to better-process everything, but it feels like, between these and the prior few episodes, all the loose ends of the plot were wrapped up pretty clearly.